Orange Outlasted By #8 Virginia In Charlottesville

Monday, January 25

Charlottesville, VA

7 PM

Syracuse University

#8 Virginia

Orange Outlasted By #8 Virginia In Charlottesville

1/25/2021 9:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Jim Boeheim Press Conference Highlights Photo Gallery

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Eighth-ranked Virginia (11-2, 7-0 ACC) connected on 14 3-pointers and built a 13-rebound advantage in beating Syracuse (9-5, 3-4 ACC) at John Paul Jones Arena on Monday night.

Quincy Guerrier led Syracuse with 15 points while Alan Griffin finished two rebounds shy of a double-double (13 points, 8 rebounds). Both Guerrier and Marek Dolezaj snagged three steals.

HOW THE GAME WAS DECIDED
After the Orange used an 8-0 run to cut the Cavalier advantage to four, the 'Hoos scored the final five points of the first half and the first six points of the second stanza to catapult to a 15-point lead, 41-26, with 18:27 to play in the game. The Cavs maintained a double-digit advantage over the remainder of the contest to secure the victory.

FROM COACH BOEHEIM
"Virginia is a top-10 team with the way they have been playing" said Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim. "They're a really good shooting team and they move the ball well. Offensively, I thought we had some good looks, but we didn't make enough of them to stay in the game. I think we'll learn something from this game."

'HOOS ON IN THE FIRST
The Orange jumped out to an early 6-2 lead, but 12 unanswered Virginia points over a three-minute stretch gave the 'Hoos a 14-6 advantage with 12:43 remaining in the opening frame.

The UVA lead grew to as many as 12 during the half, but the Orange closed the gap with an 8-0 run that featured 3-pointers from Buddy Boeheim and Griffin along with a layup from Guerrier to cut the Cavalier advantage to 30-26 with 3:13 to play before the intermission.

Over the final three minutes of the half, Virginia tallied five consecutive points with a jumper from Jay Huff and a triple from Sam Hauser to take a 35-26 lead at the break.

CAVALIERS CLOSE STRONG
The Cavs stretched their lead to as many as 16 points in the first six minutes of the second half, but a jumper from Griffin and a three-ball from Robert Braswell cut the Cavalier advantage to 49-38 with 12:52 to play.

Virginia vaulted to an 18-point lead with a 7-0 run that was featured a pair of field goals from Casey Morsell to put the 'Hoos ahead 56-38 with 10:37 remaining in the contest.

A 6-0 Syracuse scoring stretch made the score 65-54 with 5:17 left in the game, but the Cavs closed the door by ending the contest on a 14-4 run to secure the victory, 81-58.

NOTABLE NUMBERS

Sam Hauser had seven of Virginia's 14 3-pointers and ended up with 21 points.
Jay Huff finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavs.
While Virginia averaged 8.3 turnovers per game coming into the contest, Syracuse forced 13 during the game.
Quincy Guerrier grabbed the 300^th rebound of his career during the contest.
Joseph Girard III drained a 3-pointer in the second half to reach 100 career triples.
Neither team made a free throw until Reece Beekman converted from the charity stripe with 12:21 to play in the second half.

UP NEXT
Syracuse returns home to take on NC State at the Carrier Dome on Sunday, January 31. Tip off is scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on ACC Network.

Gallery: (1-25-2021) Syracuse at Virginia

Syracuse University Athletics remains committed to doing everything it can to support and protect the health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes, our staff and the campus and Syracuse communities. All decisions will be science-based and informed by public health and guidance as provided by county, state and public health officials.

If fans are permitted to attend games – in some capacity – Syracuse Athletics will announce plans for spectators to secure admission to the events. Fans will be required to sit in their socially-distanced seat locations and wear a face covering.

For complete coverage of Syracuse men's basketball, follow us on Twitter (@Cuse_MBB) and Instagram (cuse_mbb) and like us on Facebook (SyracuseOrange).